Deadline: 15-Apr-21
The Princeton Area Community Foundation, Monmouth Arts is pleased to announce a call for applications for the COVID-19 Artist Relief Grants Program for Monmouth County artists.
Grants will be awarded to Monmouth County artists to assist with living or career needs such as housing, childcare, groceries, and bills due to the loss of work caused by the pandemic.
Grants will be awarded based upon demonstrated financial need, available funding, and equitable distribution of funds relating to racial/ethnic diversity, geography, and arts disciplines.
Funding Information
Grant Request: $1,000
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, you must be:
- A practicing artist able to demonstrate a sustained commitment to your work and career in your chosen medium
- 21 years of age or older
- A resident of Monmouth County
- Working in the United States for the last two years
- Not related to a Monmouth Arts staff or Board member
- Artists who work in the following fields:
- Craft (ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry, metals, textiles, etc.)
- Dance (dancers, choreographers; aerial, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, tap, etc.)
- Film (animation, documentary, episodic, experimental, narrative, etc.)
- Music (composers, musicians; classical, contemporary, experimental, folk, instrumental, jazz, pop, world, etc.)
- Theater and Performance (directing, experimental, live-action, playwriting, puppetry, tactical and site performance, etc.)
- Traditional Arts (work related to the continuity and evolution of a tradition or cultural heritage such as cultural dance, cultural music, oral expression, traditional crafts, etc.)
- Visual Art (installation, painting, performance art, photography, sculpture, sound art, video, etc.)
- Literary Art (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literature for children)
For more information, visit https://www.monmoutharts.org/artist-grants
